[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday
- From: Bill Beavers <bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 19:39:09 -0700 (PDT)
Well, if weather holds, lets plan for a next saturday
fly if that's ok with everybody. We can get a better
idea of the time as the weekend approaches. I am open
to flying anytime Saturday, so early is ok, or right
after noon or same o' time of around 3:00pm or so.
Lot of that will depend on wind conditions, but this
time of year they aren't very stable anyway, so we
will just have to decide and hope we get lucky! ;-)
Man, I better get my glue bottles busy!
--- John Gray <jaggray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Sorry I missed the flying Saturday afternoon. I had
> family
> commitments. Olivia had a piano recital and we had
> a family afternoon
> in Conway.
>
> Ross has a new plane to bring out next visit. It is
> a wing warrior edge 3d=
> .
> He is looking forward to that.
>
> Safe flying,
>
> John Gray
>
>
>
> On 5/15/05, Bill Beavers <bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Enjoyed the flying Saturday. We had a good mix of
> > different planes on hand, and got to chit chat a
> lot
> > about different motors and stuff. Lots of the
> gang
> > from Beaverfork were on hand, thanks guys for
> coming
> > out. Greg Clayton and Phil Johnson gave the SR-71
> > (Phil built it) his best shot, but that bird had a
> > mind of its own when it left the launchpad. It
> sure
> > looked cool though.. Maybe a few tweaks here and
> > there but I am not sure how well it will ever fly.
> >=20
> > Those little thunder planes that David Irwin and
> David
> > Reid have are fun to watch. They fly like little
> > hawks, and are screamers. I kept getting a little
> > wind off David Irwin's everytime he made a pass.
> I
> > expected to have it in my ear at any moment, but
> > thankfully David is too good a pilot to let that
> > happen. Now if it were me... hee hee...
> >=20
> > Those insulator fanfold rigs are nice too. I need
> to
> > build one of those. they just seem to fly great,
> and
> > have good speed and yet seem soft on the landings.
> > Well most of the landings! ;-) David I. can tell
> you
> > more about that.
> >=20
> > I flew the C130 again. It flies really well, but
> it
> > does NOT like the wind and it was a bit windy for
> it
> > that time out, and I broke the wing again.
> Doesn't
> > appear to be to serious though, so hope to have it
> > fixed in a jiffy. The A10 even after the nose
> > overhaul and moving the battery to the front just
> > refuses to leave the ground from the ball court.
> I
> > need about 10 more feet of runway I think. I am
> going
> > to take it to Westside Elem. here in Greenbrier
> first
> > opportunity I get again and see if I can't get
> that
> > thing figured out.
> >=20
> > Just wanted to give everybody an update on the
> flying
> > yesterday. We had a LOT of birds in the air at
> once.
> > Sounded like a big bee hive. The park guests
> seemed
> > to be having a hoot watching the whole spectacle.
> >=20
> > Hope we can fly again some this week or for sure
> next
> > Saturday. I'll be working on the "pseudo p38" in
> the
> > meantime.
> >=20
> > Hey have got a question about that. Does anyone
> know
> > if the rear stab for the p38 had an elevator, or
> did
> > it do some kind of elevator/flap thing on the main
> > wing down from the ailerons? the pics I have
> looked
> > at on that bird don't seem to indicate much if any
> of
> > an elevator back there, so I was wondering if they
> did
> > some kind of pitch thing with the main wing? Is
> that
> > possible? Could you put the up and down surfaces
> on
> > the main wing just inside the ailerons? That
> would be
> > kind of cool actually, but how aerodynamic would
> it
> > be? Any insights appreciated. Oh, and if there are
> any
> > videos showing the working surfaces of a p38 that
> > would help me out too.
> >=20
> > Bill Beavers
> > Director of Technology
> > Vilonia School District
> > beaversb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > http://vilonia.k12.ar.us
> >=20
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Bill Beavers
Director of Technology
Vilonia School District
beaversb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://vilonia.k12.ar.us
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